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Double Dates
On September 2, 1752, Great Britain and her colonies
changed from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar by
adding 11 days to the date. In the Julian calendar, March was the
first month and February was the twelfth month. March 25th was
New Year's Day. To help clarify the recording of dates from January
1st through March 25th, many people began using a double date
system.
To help clarify this, we will use George Washington's
birthday as an example. According to the Julian calendar,
Washington was born on 11-Feb-1731. According to the Gregorian
calendar, it was 22-Feb-1732. Washington might have recorded his
birthdate using double dating as 11-Feb-1731/1732. The first year is
the Julian year; the second year is the Gregorian year. Washington
later adapted to the change by adding 11 days to his birthdate. This
was a common solution to the problem.
Family Scrapbook allows you to record double dates by giving
you an extra four digits in the date fields for the second year. If you
do not need to record a double date, simply ignore the last four digits.
A typical date field will look like this in the program:
DD-MMM-YYYY/YYYY
Note: Not all reports will print out double dates. Many
reports will shorten the dates to the more familiar format, DD-
MMM-YYYY.